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Author Topic: Plural of "Auditorium" Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-30-2003 06:32 PM                     "Auditoriums" or "Auditoria" ? What is the rule that governs the plural form of words ending in "um" ?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-30-2003 06:35 PM                        "Auditoriums". Because I say so. The end.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 11-30-2003 06:37 PM                     Its always been Auditoriums from me. And because Joe says so.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-30-2003 06:43 PM                        "Auditorei" Nuff said do not listen to "Joe". He is wrong, wrong, wrong. He hasn't been right once in three year years so why listen to him now.  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-30-2003 07:19 PM                        Auditoria, of course ! Joe has forgotten what good latin, his teacher hammered into his little head. p.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-30-2003 07:32 PM                     Rooms, theaters, theatres, cinemas, houses, halls.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-30-2003 07:40 PM                  n. pl. auditoriums or auditoria Damn! And all this time I thought it was areola... >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-30-2003 08:30 PM                        Auditoria. It's Latin, obviously (second declension neuter nouns end in -um). Any -um word derived from Latin will have the -a form for the plural. Any -us Latin-derived word will have -i as the plural (e.g. alumnus/alumni); -a will have -ae (e.g. formula/formulae), etc. [ 11-30-2003, 09:54 PM: Message edited by: Scott Norwood ]  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 11-30-2003 09:32 PM                     Auditoriums, we speak English here!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-30-2003 10:21 PM                     Areola? Wasn't that the name of The Little Mermaid? It makes me think of this rock band with an odd name: Titty Bingo. "Auditoriums" seems okay for normal conversation. I have used the term "auditoria" when I wanted to sound snottily superior.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-30-2003 11:17 PM                        Latin is dead for a good reason... it sucks ass! It didn't have what it takes to survive.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-01-2003 08:13 AM                     Merriam-Webster's Ninthe New Collegiate 1986 list both spellings as correct  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-01-2003 08:43 AM                        Doesn't this mean that we should be posting on the Film-Tech Fora?  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 12-01-2003 08:44 AM                     It's almost always 'auditoria' here. 'Ums' sounds odd somehow, but maybe that's because I'm just not used to hearing it. Scott, it's about 35 years since I did any Latin. I've long ago forgotten what little I ever knew.  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-01-2003 09:09 AM                        Wow. I never thought of "fora" as being a plural of "forum", but Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 11th Edition list both as correct. The two plurals of auditorium are also listed in ths edition.  |  IP: Logged

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